Mercantil Commercebank N.A., one of the largest banks in South Florida, serving the community for 30 years, recently celebrated the grand opening of its Aventura Banking Center with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. With this new opening, Mercantil Commercebank will have a total of 15 banking centers throughout the tri-county area, along with one in New York and one in Houston.

To help inaugurate the new banking center, Ed Holden, Executive Vice President, Personal and Domestic Commercial Banking Manager, Mercantil Commercebank; Andrew Waxman, Mercantil Commercebank Aventura Banking Center Manager; Elaine Adler, President of the Aventura Marketing Council; and City of Aventura Mayor Susan Gottlieb, all spoke briefly about the financial institution’s arrival to the City of Aventura.

“The Bank sees the Aventura area as an outstanding location to provide financial solutions that respond to the community’s needs,” said Millar Wilson, President and CEO of Mercantil Commercebank. “It is a diverse, international community and we look forward to providing our customers – businesses and individuals alike – the type of products and services that help ensure their financial success.”

The new Aventura banking center is located at 3001 Aventura Boulevard adjacent to the north side of Aventura Mall, and is being headed by veteran financial services professional Andrew Waxman. Waxman brings 12 years of financial services experience with him, having held positions in such areas as retail banking, wealth management, private banking, and financial planning.

The new facility offers a full array of services including retail, commercial, domestic and international banking products designed to meet the financial needs of existing and potential customers in the area. The new branch offers customers a variety of business and personal products with extremely competitive rates on loans and lines of credit.

Mercantil Commercebank Aventura Banking Center Hours of Operation are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information on the banking center, call Andrew Waxman at 305-521-4900 or visit mercantilcb.com.